Has it really been that long??

I can't believe I haven't updated in over a year!! Poor Milo, stuck in that grass for so long! Of course, he loves the grass now, so no worries there. Let's update!

Me - I'm now 33w4d pregnant with baby #3. This was a surprise baby, since we were using protection. We're happy, but we weren't really ready yet. She is due on April 24, and her name will be Georgia. No, it's not after the state(or country), no we don't have any special meaning or significance for the name other than both Arnel and I could agree on it. We do love the Ray Charles song, but we're not naming her because of that. We're still working out the middle name though.

So far this pregnancy has been much harder than my first two. I still have morning sickness almost every morning. I have to keep a box of graham crackers in the bathroom to munch on or else I will gag until I throw up. No fun!! I am also having lots of hip/pelvic pain this time around. My pelvis will crack when I roll over in bed during the night, and I can feel things grinding together in there sometimes when I walk. When I stand up after sitting a while, things are very sore in there. Oh, and let's not forget the heartburn! Of course, it was bad with my first two, and it's bad again this time. But, she moves around a ton, which is cool, and since this is most likely my last pregnancy, I am trying to enjoy it all.

Natalie is doing well too. She's in preschool 3 days a week and doing really good there. She's learning to read, which is awesome to witness. The cut-off for the preschool was Sept. 1(had to be 4 years old by that date), so I had her tested to see if she could get in. She wasn't going to be 4 until Nov. 12, but she passed the test with flying colors. So she's one of the youngest in the class, but still outshining a lot of them with her writing and reading. You can tell her age, though, with the coloring. She has lots more scribbling than purposeful coloring than some of the other students.

Natalie is very, very, very shy. She has one friend in school, so she says, and even with that girl, she doesn't really interact much with her. Some of the other girls who are outgoing and friendly seem to scare her. Plus, when I am there with her in school, I have to have my ear right by her mouth in order to hear her. I hope that is something she can outgrow, or else I fear the other kids will walk all over her once she gets to elementary school. She loves playing with her BFF, my neighbor's daughter. They are 3 weeks apart and love each other so much. They'll both be starting Kindergarten in the fall, but we're going to have them in separate classrooms if possible. Both myself and M's mom think that would be best, in order to allow them to form friendships with the other kids instead of sticking to each other only.

Milo is 2 years old now and he's a bundle of energy. He's definitely a handful! He's been a late talker, but it steadily improving, so I am not worried too much. The hardest thing with him is that he doesn't understand cause and effect so much. That, on top of being 2, makes certain things very difficult. Like getting him to understand that in order to go outside and play, he needs to put on his jacket. Or that bedtime means it's time he goes to bed, not time to run around like a wild person. He is exceptionally cute though, which I think it a survival mechanism. He has to be that unbelievably cute in order to make sure we don't toss him out the front door and change the locks. LOL

Well, that's really it for us. Well, there's Arnel, but he's doing fine. Not much to report with him, since he's not pregnant or growing up. LOL I'm going to get this posted before I get dragged away from the computer. I'm going to try to update daily, but we'll see what happens!!